Larry Melidis

508 total citations · 1 hit paper
13 papers, 268 citations indexed

About

Larry Melidis is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Larry Melidis has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 268 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Molecular Biology, 3 papers in Ecology and 1 paper in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Larry Melidis's work include Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (10 papers), DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (8 papers) and RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (4 papers). Larry Melidis is often cited by papers focused on Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (10 papers), DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (8 papers) and RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (4 papers). Larry Melidis collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Portugal and China. Larry Melidis's co-authors include Shankar Balasubramanian, Angela Simeone, David Tannahill, Zutao Yu, Jochen Spiegel, Sarah K. Madden, Rafael de Cesaris Araujo Tavares, Michael J. Hannon, Somdutta Dhir and Winnie W. I. Hui and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Larry Melidis

12 papers receiving 264 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

G-quadruplex DNA structure is a positive regulator of MYC transcription

2024 71 citations Angie Kirchner, Larry Melidis et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Larry Melidis United Kingdom	9	224	39	20	18	17	13	268
Saskia Neubacher Netherlands	10	305 1.4×	71 1.8×	19 0.9×	19 1.1×	13 0.8×	19	373
Ulf Bech Christensen Denmark	8	289 1.3×	59 1.5×	12 0.6×	23 1.3×	16 0.9×	12	328
Shikha Kaushik India	9	189 0.8×	63 1.6×	47 2.4×	11 0.6×	9 0.5×	27	329
Pierre Vekhoff France	5	426 1.9×	28 0.7×	18 0.9×	10 0.6×	24 1.4×	7	443
Anne Woisard France	13	363 1.6×	42 1.1×	36 1.8×	14 0.8×	16 0.9×	21	399
Burki Rajendar Japan	11	251 1.1×	35 0.9×	28 1.4×	23 1.3×	15 0.9×	15	362
Fumitaka Hashiya Japan	10	249 1.1×	22 0.6×	10 0.5×	6 0.3×	9 0.5×	31	279
Peter Thumbs Germany	9	367 1.6×	44 1.1×	23 1.1×	6 0.3×	9 0.5×	10	380
Qingquan Zhao China	8	240 1.1×	93 2.4×	22 1.1×	8 0.4×	5 0.3×	17	341
Margaret Elvekrog United States	7	243 1.1×	17 0.4×	7 0.3×	13 0.7×	31 1.8×	10	316

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Larry Melidis

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13 of 13 papers shown

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Melidis, Larry, et al.. (2025). DNA G-quadruplex structures act as functional elements in α- and β-globin enhancers. Genome biology. 26(1). 155–155.

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Zhang, Xiaoyun, Larry Melidis, Yuqi Chen, et al.. (2025). Optical control of gene expression using a DNA G-quadruplex targeting reversible photoswitch. Nature Chemistry. 17(6). 875–882. 6 indexed citations

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Melidis, Larry, Angela Simeone, Winnie W. I. Hui, et al.. (2024). Improved simultaneous mapping of epigenetic features and 3D chromatin structure via ViCAR. Genome biology. 25(1). 237–237. 6 indexed citations

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Chen, Yuqi, Angela Simeone, Larry Melidis, et al.. (2024). An Upstream G-Quadruplex DNA Structure Can Stimulate Gene Transcription. ACS Chemical Biology. 19(3). 736–742. 22 indexed citations

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Kirchner, Angie, Larry Melidis, Rafael de Cesaris Araujo Tavares, et al.. (2024). G-quadruplex DNA structure is a positive regulator of MYC transcription. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(7). e2320240121–e2320240121. 71 indexed citations breakdown →

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Melidis, Larry, Philipp J. Altmann, Callum J. Campbell, et al.. (2023). Organometallic Pillarplexes That Bind DNA 4-Way Holliday Junctions and Forks. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 145(25). 13570–13580. 17 indexed citations

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Yu, Zutao, Jochen Spiegel, Larry Melidis, et al.. (2023). Chem-map profiles drug binding to chromatin in cells. Nature Biotechnology. 41(9). 1265–1271. 35 indexed citations

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Becker, Sidney, et al.. (2023). A Photoredox Reaction for the Selective Modification of 5-Carboxycytosine in DNA. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 145(19). 10505–10511. 9 indexed citations

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Melidis, Larry, Dhaval Varshney, Angela Simeone, et al.. (2022). DNA G-Quadruplex Recognition In Vitro and in Live Cells by a Structure-Specific Nanobody. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 144(50). 23096–23103. 45 indexed citations

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Melidis, Larry, Scott Davies, Aditya Garai, et al.. (2021). Supramolecular Cylinders Target Bulge Structures in the 5′ UTR of the RNA Genome of SARS‐CoV‐2 and Inhibit Viral Replication**. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 60(33). 18144–18151. 15 indexed citations

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Melidis, Larry, Scott Davies, Aditya Garai, et al.. (2021). Supramolecular Cylinders Target Bulge Structures in the 5′ UTR of the RNA Genome of SARS‐CoV‐2 and Inhibit Viral Replication**. Angewandte Chemie. 133(33). 18292–18299. 4 indexed citations

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Melidis, Larry, Iain B. Styles, & Michael J. Hannon. (2021). Targeting structural features of viral genomes with a nano-sized supramolecular drug. Chemical Science. 12(20). 7174–7184. 9 indexed citations

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Cardo, Lucía, Larry Melidis, Aditya Garai, et al.. (2020). Rotaxanating Metallo-supramolecular Nano-cylinder Helicates to Switch DNA Junction Binding. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 142(49). 20651–20660. 29 indexed citations

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